The world's oldest man, who turned 112 on Tuesday, said he wants to live forever. Tomoji Tanabe of Miyazaki, Japan made the statement after a Japanese mayor, who brought him a bouquet and congratulations on his birthday, asked the centenarian how many years he would like to live. Japan Today quoted Tanabe as saying, "I want to live indefinitely. I don't want to die. "

In an attempt to avoid paying his pending loans, an ex-convict prefers to be behind the bars. Salvatore Gramagna was arrested for slapping a police officer who asked him not to smoke in an area of Milan's Linate airport.

A new hazard was inadvertently added at the Centennial Golf Course in Oregon. A 1. 5-acre fire burned between the sixth and seventh holes while golfers around it tried to drive the green and sink putts. "I was really playing well until this happened," joked Jim Pawlak of Berkeley, Calif. His golfing buddy, Steve Scholl, chimed in, "I was under par when that happened. "

British firefighters revived a snake using a breathing apparatus usually reserved for human rescues. A fire broke out at a flat in the British town of Tipton on Sunday.

A north Vancouver condo owner is taking her neighbor to the British Columbia Supreme court for smoking cigarettes on her own patio, which is located beneath the plaintiff's apartment. Maureen Nicholson claims her neighbor's 10 cigarette-a-day habit causes "toxic, noxious, carcinogenic and pungent smoke" to enter her home. She says she has asked her neighbor to stop smoking and has complained to the condominium council in the building.